Improvement in hoop-racking machines



I. "el AN anni scream cifra RUSSEL M. SEAN-nir, or` canoa,l oHIo.

Letters Pennino. trazos, dated December 20,1870.

IMPROVEMENT INV HQOP-RACKIN'G MACHINES.

To allv'whom it may concern:

Be it 1 known that I,RUssEn M. SHANEIa-fof Genoa, in the Acounty ofOttawa and State of Ohio, Y have invented'a new and improvedHoop-Racking Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following isafull, clean-,Pand exact description thereof, which willenable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this speelication. v

'l' his invention relates to improvements in machines for racking hpops,and consists in an arrangement, with a channeled bench and a pushingapparatus for forcing the pieces of -timber along the channel, of aninclined plane, a xed racking-roller, and a verticallymovable roller,arranged to he forced down `riponthe piece 'of timber to he racked as itvfis forced between the vrollers and up the incline, so that it issubjected to an' abrupt bending at all points from end to end, by

which the layers are racked apart.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts. A representsa long bench, having` a deep narrow groove or channel, B, in the top,.extending from one end nearly to the other, which may he'formed in anyapproved way. Y

f A(J is a pusher-block, fitted to be moved along in the said channel,and connected by cords or belts D with a drum, E, adapted to wind up thecord and draw the said pusher with great force.

F is an inclined plane placed Ain the bottom of said The Schedulereferred top'in these Letters Patent and making part-of .the same.

groove, a shortdistauce behind the drum E; -and behind the upper end ofthis-plane is a roller, G; arranged in xed bearings.

Between this roller and the drum, and above the inclined plane, is aroller, H, mounted in the vertically-moving frame I,- which frameextends below the top of the bench and has a foot-lever, K, attached-itis so cramped and bent that the layers ot' the wood will be'separatedfrom each other as they ,are sepalrated when similarly bent in thecommon process of racking by hand.V v

The operation is very greatly facilitated by the use of this'apparatus.`Y

Having thus described my invention,

I claim asf new and desire to secure by Letters Patentlhe combination ofthe channeled bench, pusher, inclined plane, rollers G and H, and thevertically-A reeiprocating frame and footlever, all substantially asspecified.

yRUSSEL M.- SHANER.

WVitnesses: I

